Vale Indonesia signs HPAL deal with China’s Huayou
PT Vale Indonesia on Tuesday signed an agreement with China’s Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt to build a second high-pressure acid leach (HPAL)...
Skeena feasibility forecasts robust returns for Eskay Creek gold-silver development in BC
The release of a feasibility study brings Skeena Resources (TSX: SKE, NYSE: SKE) is one step closer to resuming production at its...
Rio Tinto to pay $3.3 billion for full Turquoise Hill ownership
Rio Tinto (ASX, LON: RIO) has reached an in-principle deal with Turquoise Hill (TSX: TQR) to buy the 49% of the Canadian miner it doesn’t...
South32 nixes $700 million investment in NSW met coal mine
Global miner South32 Ltd said on Tuesday it would not proceed with a $700 million upfront investment to extend its Dendrobium...
Coal’s skyrocketing prices could last years on Russia disruption
Coal’s remarkable rise from a fuel left for dead to one of the world’s hottest commodities is likely to last for years. Europe’s plans...
Scientists figure out how to produce metallic iron on Mars
Researchers at the Swinburne University of Technology are developing a process that would take processed air, dirt and sunlight on Mars...
Copper worth nearly half a billion dollars goes missing in China
A group of Chinese companies are investigating why a commodities storage site in northern China is holding only one third of the copper...
Highest efficiency solar cell now a reality
Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) created a solar cell with a record 39.5%...
Iamgold unveils 90% cost increase at Côté project
Canada’s Iamgold (NYSE: IAG) (TSX: IMG) has revealed a cost blowout at its massive Côté gold project in Ontario, with preliminary...
Kinross sells Chirano gold mine in Ghana to Asante in $225m deal
Kinross Gold (TSX: G) (NYSE: KGC) is selling its 90% interest in the Chirano mine in Ghana to fellow Canadian Asante Gold (CSE: ASE) in a...